Chapter 292: Imperial Discussion (1)

Chen Ju is a rare good person among the eunuch leaders of the Ming Dynasty, not only the Wanli Emperor favored him, the courtiers also respected him a lot, he was loyal and good all his life, and did a lot of good things, after his death, all the civil and military officials went to mourn, and spontaneously wore filial piety clothes to mourn him, and there were so many people who spontaneously wore filial piety clothes to mourn him to block the road, he knew that his words were likely to be related to Guo Zhiyuan's life, hesitated, and cautiously bowed down and replied: "Even the saint can't see through the people, the old slave can't see through it, but the legendary Sun Monkey is so powerful, After all, he couldn't escape the palm of the Buddha, and in the end he could only take refuge in the Buddha, and he became a Buddha in a fight, which can be regarded as a positive result of cultivation......"

I have to say that Chen Ju's answer is really wonderful, not only cleared up his own responsibility, but also slapped Emperor Wanli on the back without a trace, and at the same time helped Guo Zhiyuan, Emperor Wanli was also very useful to Chen Ju's unremembered sycophant, laughed and said: "Yes, Guo Zhiyuan can toss again, after all, he can't escape from the palm of my hand, if he can do things for me wholeheartedly, I will not treat him badly, if he has a heart of disobedience, it will be easy for me to clean him up!" ……”

Emperor Wanli can become the longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he still has a lot of experience in the way of control, and he is also very confident, even Zhang Juzheng, who is known as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, has been calculated by him, he has already moved Zhang Juzheng's heart, but he has been hidden and not released, until the value of Zhang Juzheng is squeezed dry, and then he starts to clean up Zhang Juzheng, no matter how powerful Guo Zhiyuan is, he is also powerful but Zhang Juzheng, thinking of this, Emperor Wanli's last doubts were completely dispelled, and he waved his hand and said: "Factory ministers, you go to the palace of the courtiers, I want to discuss ...... in the Taihe Palace."

Now many people think that the Taihe Palace is usually used to go to the court, but in fact it is not, the Taihe Hall is actually used to hold various ceremonies, such as the emperor's enthronement, the emperor's wedding, the canonization of the queen, the order of the general expedition, etc., the actual number of uses is very small, and the court is generally in the Qianqing Gate, called the royal gate to listen to the government, the Wanli Emperor rarely goes to the court, but in case of more urgent and important things, he will also summon the ministers in the Qianqing Palace, so at this time the courtiers are waiting in the Qianqing Gate, but Chen Ju came to pass the will but let them go to the Taihe Palace to discuss matters, The courtiers were a little surprised, and had a premonition that something big was about to happen!

However, most of the courtiers didn't think much about it, Emperor Wanli didn't go to court for more than 20 years, and it was not easy for them to see Long Yan, so they naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to the Taihe Palace, the courtiers just left, Guo Zhiyuan also ended the cross-horse parade and came to the palace gate, but he was not qualified to go to the Taihe Hall immediately, and the people who could go to the Taihe Hall today to participate in the court meeting were all members or officials of the third grade or above, and he was not qualified to participate in the court meeting with a six-grade sesame official, so he could only wait outside the palace gate, waiting for the summons of the Wanli Emperor.

This kind of waiting for others to decide their own fate is not pleasant, you can't move around at will outside the palace gate, Guo Zhiyuan can only stand upright, his heart is up and down, although he has planned everything, but the affairs of this court are ever-changing, he has no power to make decisions, and he can only do his best and obey the destiny of heaven!

When the courtiers arrived at the Taihe Palace, the Wanli Emperor naturally hadn't come yet, and the courtiers stood in rank and began to whisper to each other, discussing why the Wanli Emperor chose to discuss the Taihe Hall so solemnly today, at this time Chen Ju shouted: "Long live the drive!" The courtiers hurriedly crawled to the ground, long live the mountain!

Emperor Wanli sat on the dragon chair, majestically glanced at the courtiers who knelt down below, and then said slowly: "Zhong Aiqing is flat!" After the courtiers thanked him, they stood up one after another, and Emperor Wanli continued: "There was a rebellion in Fujian, and the Zhangzhou Mansion sentenced Guo Zhiyuan to be meritorious in rebellion, I am very relieved, and I should be rewarded for meritorious service, and I have been rewarded by the Ministry of Rites for Guo Zhiyuan's meritorious deeds, and I don't know if there will be results......"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was about to step forward to answer, Qian Menggao hated Guo Zhiyuan to the core, and naturally couldn't see Guo Zhiyuan as good, so he stood up first and said: "Qi Shengshang, Weichen feels that Guo Zhi's rebellion is quite strange, then Guo Zhiyuan is just a general sentence of the Zhangzhou Prefecture, and there are no soldiers and horses under his command, how can he exterminate 20,000 rebels in such a short time?" It is not too late for the imperial court to find out this matter first, and then to reward the meritorious deeds......"

Emperor Wanli frowned, he had ordered a prisoner sacrifice ceremony for Guo Zhiyuan, Qian Menggao was still questioning whether Guo Zhiyuan's credit was true, didn't he question his IQ as an emperor? However, Qian Menggao is a speech official, and he has the privilege of hearing about it, and he is not easy to reprimand, so he turned his head to Chen Ju who was standing on the side and said: "Factory minister, about the rebellion in Fujian, can the East Factory have a report?" ……”

Chen Ju hurriedly said: "There is indeed a report, the thief Zhao Bingjian claimed to be a descendant of the Great Song Dynasty, gathered more than 20,000 bandits, committed chaos, because of the suddenness of the incident, all the yamen in Fujian did not have time to react, the rebels even under the seven counties of Zhangzhou Mansion, fortunately the Zhangzhou Mansion sentenced Guo Zhiyuan to recruit the township warrior regiment to practice to resist it, and said that the rebel leader Yuan Shui Shi abandoned the general Liu Ruosi to the light, turned against the battle, defeated the rebels in the Shuizhai Mountain, and got the help of the general Shen Yourong of Huyu Qinyi, pursued the remnants of the rebels to Dongfan, exterminated the remnants of the rebels, and captured the rebel leader Zhao Bingjian...... ”

Qian Menggao chuckled in his heart when he heard this, he is a speech official, and he can hear about it, but he never dares to doubt that the secret report of the East Factory is false, the East Factory is a more terrifying existence than Jinyiwei, and he doubts that the East Factory is not looking for death? Moreover, since Emperor Wanli asked Chen Ju to tell Guo Zhi**'s rebellion, he blocked everyone's mouths, indicating that his questioning made Emperor Wanli feel displeased, Qian Menggao secretly regretted that he shouldn't have come out like this, and hurriedly said in panic: "The Holy Sage, the Wise Eye, is the Weichen Meng Lang......"

Although Emperor Wanli was a little displeased, he also needed an official like Qian Menggao, just like a big family always likes to raise dogs at home, so he didn't reprimand Qian Menggao, waved his hand and said, "Stand down!" ……”

Shen Yiyi, who was standing at the forefront, suddenly stood up and took out a letter and said: "Qi Song Sheng, Guo Zhi**'s rebellion is true, but whether he is loyal to the country or ill-intentioned, the old minister feels that it is still up to be discussed, the old minister has a joint secret letter between Xu Xueju, the governor of Fujian, and Shen Yizhong, who is guarding the right side of Zhangnan Province to participate in politics, impeaching Guo Zhiyuan for disobeying the orders of his superiors, acting recklessly, colluding with military generals, supporting the army and respecting himself, and having a heart of disobedience!" ……”

Emperor Wanli had already seen the joint secret fold between Xu Xueju and Shen Yizhong, so he didn't feel too shocked, but Shen Li, who was standing next to Shen Yizhong, didn't know that this secret fold existed, and was stunned for a moment, but he believed that Guo Zhiyuan would never make a big rebellious move, and stood up and questioned: "Why didn't the old man see this twist and turn in the cabinet?" Xu Xueju and Shen Yizhong impeached Guo Zhiyuan for not being subservient, but is there any evidence? ……”